Demos I
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ll you that are enamored of my nameAnd least intent on what most I require,Beware; for my design and your desire,Deplorably, are not as yet the same.Beware, I say, the failure and the shameOf losing that for which you now aspireSo blindly, and of hazarding entireThe gift that I was bringing when I came. Give as I will, I cannot give you sightWhereby to see that with you there are someTo lead you, and be led. But they are dumbBefore the wrangling and the shrill delightOf your deliverance that has not come,And shall not, if I fail you -- as I might.
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